Improvement in mop-wringers



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JAMES lH. NEWTON, OF PAXTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOP-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,216, dated June 24,18:3; application filed May 24, 1873.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. NEWTON, of Paxton, in the county of Fordand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Mop-Wringer, ofwhich the following is a specification In the accompanying drawing,Figure l represents a top view of my improved mop-wringer, and Fig. 2 avertical transverse section on the line c c, Fig. 1. Y

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of my invention is to furnish, in connection with the mop incommon use, an effective wringer, by which the cloth may be wrung drywithout the use of the hands, and the cleaning of the floors therebyaccomplished in less time and with less trouble. My invention consistsin the arrangement of the mop with rollers having spiral springs intheir interior, in connection with a sliding piece and strings, by whichthe mop is drawn through the rollers and pulled back again for use bythe action of the roller-springs.

In the drawing, A represents the mop, of the usual shape and material. BB are the hollow rollers, between which the mop is wrung, of wood,metal, rubber, or other suit' able material. They are hung with theirshafts a a into the arms C of lateral piece D, and are made, preferably,of suitable metal, to be applied by4 screws or otherwise to piece D. Themop-handle E is secured centrally to piece D, and carries the slidingpiece F, of oval or other shape, which is perforated in longitudinaldirection for the strings b b', which are either joined or otherwiseconnected to sliding piece F. The strings b b' are both fastened to awire bar or rod, d, applied to the end of mop A, and are then extendedand wound around rollers B B', respectively, in opposite directions toeach other, and fastened with their ends thereto. Spiral springs e c'are coiled around the shafts a c' in the interior of rollers B B', beingconnected with one end to the shaft, with the other to the roller, andarranged to act in a direction opposite to that in which strings b b'turn the rollers B B'. Vhenever, therefore, the mop A is drawn by theslide F through the rollers, the force of the coiled springs c draws themop A back in an opposite direction. The mop is thereby completelywrung, and may be applied aga-in with. clean water. The shaft a of theupper roller B rests on sliding lugs f, which move by projecting-bolts gin guideslots h of arms C, and are pressed by a strong band-spring, t',attached to frame B forward, forcing thereby roller D against roller B'.Different thicknesses of mops may therefore be applied, and the efficacyofthe wringer be increased by the yielding of roller B to unevennessesof the mops. A stop, K, of the handle, placed at the length of the mopabove the slide F, arrests the same when the mop has almost entirelypassed through the wringer, and prevents thereby the slipping out of themop from the rollers. Y

By the rapid action of the wringer on the mop a great deal of time issaved, and, by the ease of handling, the labor considerably lightened.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat entl. The mop-wringer, consisting of mop A, rollers B B'hung to arms C of lateral framepiece D, handle E, and slide F withstrings b b', substantially as set forth and described.

2. The mop A having wire-rod (l attached to strings b b' which connectslide F with rollers B B', as set forth.

3. The hollow rollers B B' having springs c c' coiled around shafts a a'in opposite direction to strings c c', for thepurpose described.

4. The frame-piece D wiith arms C having slots h, in combination withlugs f, bolts g, band-spring fi, and shaft a of roller B, to press thesame against roller B', as set forth.

JAMES H. NEWTON.

Witnesses C. M. SANGER, R. O. CHRISTIAN.

